Andy Detskas on Building an Inclusive Meeting Culture
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Lead Time Chats
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In this episode of Lead Time Chats, Jean Hsu, VP of Engineering at Range, chats with Andy Detskas, most recently Design Leadership at Strava, about navigating conflict on remote teams.
Andy and Jean discuss:
- Bringing an experience design mindset to meeting design
- How to build an inclusive culture on a hybrid team
- How to mitigate the risk of remote employees feeling like second-class citizens
- Taking into different cognitive approaches when planning for meetings
- How inclusive teams and meetings lead the way to inclusive design and products
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